Lester Lane – formerly Part of Lowe Street, from the railway line to Deans Avenue. Also Lester Street. Named after Roy Stanley Lester (1911-2000). Lester was a Riccarton Borough councillor 1959-1989 and deputy-mayor 1968- 1989. He was also a boxing personality. A small amount of information from the library website.

A short street with the old sale yards one side and businesses on the other side. I checked my cache while here which is hidden in an interesting art work that represents railway history and the earthquakes.The boy racers had obviously been in the area with skid marks on the road and broken glass everywhere.

Selwyn Street – Named after George Augustus Selwyn (1809- 1878). Selwyn was the first Bishop of New Zealand 1841-1868 and later Bishop of Lichfield 1868- 1878.

The library website information was brief for a long street that is also an old street. I walked this street yesterday and started from the Beckenham end. There are some lovely well-kept villas this end of the street. A couple of more modern places but not many plus two places with a strange roof. Near the Milton intersection there were some rougher houses plus there is a dairy (deli, corner store) and a garage (petrol station) on this corner. From Milton St to Brougham St there are still some well-kept villas but again some modern places. On this street most of the modern houses are behind the villas. The villas would have had big sections in the old days and have gradually been subdivided. I did visit South Intermediate School as they have some great street art. A school friend’s ex-husband used to be headmaster here. Do they still use that word these days? He ex-husband was also the nephew of a French teacher from my high school.
Just before Brougham St there is the Selwyn Street shops which were mostly demolished after the earthquakes but is gradually being rebuilt. I used to use these shops a lot in the old days when there was a second-hand bookshop and a quilting shop. There is a new shop here selling good quality second-hand clothing. I was accosted for for money today in this area but I was polite.
The next section which goes from Brougham St to Hagley Ave I know really well. There is a motel on the corner by Brougham St. Some of the houses in this section are much rougher and looking rundown but then we are now in Addington. There are also more flats rather than houses this end as well. There are several businesses in this section. There are still a few workers cottages and a couple have been well looked. It is a pity that the Heritage people aren’t interested in them as they do have history. The trouble is that the history is of the poorer people of old Christchurch.
Last but not least we have the Addington Cemetery which is one of the oldest cemeteries in Christchurch. I think that we all know that this is one of my favourite places.

Note this street spans more than one suburb.

Strickland Street – formerly Old Christchurch Road -Probably named after Agnes Strickland (1796- 1874). Old Christchurch Road appears on an 1879 map but never in street directories. Strickland Street is one of the “poets and writers” streets of Sydenham, Addington and Waltham named by a committee of the Sydenham Borough Council on 19 January 1880. Agnes Strickland was an English biographer. A reasonable amount of information from the library website.

Yesterday on New Year’s Day I walked this street which takes me from Brougham St to Colombo St and I had breakfast at Coffee Culture before returning along Selwyn St.
Another mixture of old and new houses all along this street. There is a fantastic older house which has just been sold and I wish that I could get better photos of it. There is also a community garden on this street and I am thinking of asking them if I could set up a Little Free Library here. One of the new cycleways is along this street and there was a huge fuss made when it was being built. One of the entrances to Bradford Park is on this street and Bradford Park needs it’s own blurb as it does have an interesting history. At Colombo St end there are restaurants. I enjoyed walking this street because of the older houses and the street has interesting things on it. I obviously walked this street a few months ago and this street runs from Addington to Beckenham.

Lincoln Rd – Named after Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham Clinton, Earl of Lincoln 1811-1851 and 5th Duke of Newcastle from 1851 (1811- 1864). The earl was a foundation member of the Canterbury Association in 1848 and from 1851 a member of the management committee. In addition he was Godley’s friend and patron.

That was a short but interesting wee bit of information from the library website. This is a long street and parts of it I walk frequently as where I work is on this street. Today I walked the full length from where Halswell Rd becomes Lincoln Rd to where it finishes at Moorhouse Ave.
At the Halswell Rd end there is the Hillmorton Shops and on the opposite side is where Spreydon School used to be but the school recently moved. My sons went to Spreydon School.
Between here and Lyttelton St there is Hillmorton Hospital, The Black Horse Hotel, a church, McDonalds plus a couple of dentists. There are a few houses. older villas, a couple of old worker cottages that now have businesses in them. A big empty section where there used to be a supermarket. There is also a huge new building going up and I just can’t remember what used to be there. There is also a motel in this section.

Between Lyttelton Street and Whiteleigh Ave there are motels and two nursing homes for the elderly. A few private houses and again some in better condition than others. At least two new blocks of flats that have been built on sections that used to have big old villas on them. Some of the houses also have businesses being run out of them.
In the old Addington Raceway building there is now a healthcare complex. There is a petrol station on the Barrington St and Lincoln Rd corner. The cycleway / walkway crosses Lincoln Rd in this section.
There is a couple of small reserves on the Lyttelton St and Lincoln Rd corners. There used to be a fortified gang house in this section years ago but it is long gone.

Between Whiteleigh Ave and Moorhouse Ave is the area that I know well. This is the business area of Addington. There is at least one motel. There are lots of places to eat and drink including where I go for quiz night. The ANZ bank where I used to work years ago. The Addington Mall which I hardly ever visit these days and the Salvation Army shop is in the building which was a Post Office when I worked there. I will mention Kingdom Resources for a friend. There is the Coffee Co-op which has a bookshelf. I like cafes with bookshelves. A couple of car yards and there used to be more than a couple along here. A vaping shop which I hate as it stinks. Takeaway shops and a florist that also does postal stuff which is nice and convenient. Mediaworks is in a fairly new building and in this same block there is a similar building. I know many of the people in this building really well.
Before the earthquakes there were mostly car repair businesses but they have been replaced by the new office blocks that house Mediaworks etc.
Some smaller older places still standing in this area, There is BurgerKing which I avoid as it isn’t the food that I like to eat. Another big office block and then the railway lines. At Moorhouse Ave end there is the Espresso Carwash and if I get time I will use my voucher and get my car cleaned. I have probably missed places but it is a very long street but I walked it faster then I expected and it wasn’t as many steps as I expected.
A couple of interesting artworks along this street.

Jack Hinton Drive – Named after John Daniel “Jack” Hinton (1909- 1997) – Hinton served in the Middle East and in Greece during World War II and won the Victoria Cross. Rugby league identity Bill Whitehead suggested the street name. The street goes past what was Rugby League Park and Addington Park of which Hinton was a member. He regularly came to rugby league night at the trots and had also played league with Mr Whitehead’s late father. Named in 1997.

A lot of information on the library website for this street. At the Whiteleigh Ave end there are new looking townhouses. The rest is Horncastle Arena and the sports stadium. Also Addington Raceway is here as well. A busy place when there is an event or game on.For the locals the photo needs no explaining.

Anderson Street -Some of the streets in the vicinity of the Addington Railway Workshops were named after railway employees. First mentioned in The Press in 1878 when sections in “the great township of Crewe” are advertised for sale. First appears in street directories in 1910.
A bit of information from the library website and I plan on doing more research on this area. A tiny street between the railway line and Blenheim Rd. A business area but some businesses looked like there were people living there. Most of the buildings are fairly new.

Edited 24/11/2019 – It is highly likely that this street was named after John Anderson who was an early settler who came out on the Sir George Seymour from Scotland. He started the company Anderson and Sons Canterbury Foundry. He was the second mayor of Christchurch in 1869 plus served on the Town Council. He was also a shareholder in the Christchurch Gas, Coal and Coke Co, The Press Co Ltd and NZ Shipping Company. He also had interests in Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Assoc, Lyttelton Harbour Board, Canterbury Mechanic Institute and Chamber of Commerce. The sections in the Crewe Township went to auction in December 1880 and they targeted railway workers in many of the ads as the land was next to the Railway Workshops. His company had many contracts connected with construction of the railway in Canterbury. John Anderson died in 1897. There was a steamship called SS John Anderson and there is a fair chance that this ship was named after John Anderson. I checked Papers Past, Ancestry website and Dictionary of NZ Te Ara There is also a Wikipedia page about him.

Tyne Street – Formerly Smith Street. Named after Albert George Smith (1847?-1914). Re-named Tyne Street. Smith was the Locomotive Superintendent at Riccarton. Some of the streets in the vicinity of the Addington Railway Workshops are named after railway employees. Smith Street first appears in street directories in 1900. Re-named Tyne Street on 27 September 1948.

A bit of information from the library website. I will have to research this one as well as I don’t know if Tyne is after a person or a place in the UK. This is a business area near the railway line and Blenheim Rd. A mixture of new and old buildings. I could look for a job here?

Taramea Place – Elliott Street and Taramea Street. Elliott Street first appears in street directories in 1905. Re-named Taramea Street in 1908. Becomes Taramea Place in 1983.

Not much information on the library website. This street runs from Lincoln Rd to Brougham / Barrington Streets. A couple of nice houses but many were looking rundown. Was difficult to get decent photos between the angle of the sun and a carload of young men in the street. I will confess that watching four huge young men get out of a small two door car is amusing especially as one was on crutches. Part of this street is near the motorway and I wouldn’t like to live here. Would be so noisy. My guess is that it changed from a street to a place when Barrington / Brougham Streets were altered. I vaguely recall what it previously looked like. Taramea is a plant often called wild Spaniard and it is said that South Island Maori held the leaves over a fire to release the oil.